KITZ Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Industrial Manufacturing
  • ISIN: JP3240700009
JPY
1,829.00
662 (56.73%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

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Why is KITZ Corp. ?

1
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 40.38
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 7.46% of over the last 5 years
3
The company has declared negative results in Mar'2025 after 2 consecutive positive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at JPY 13,634 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 10.12%
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 5,254.63
4
With ROCE of 13.05%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.96 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 49.18%, its profits have risen by 17.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.1
5
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 49.18% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed Japan Nikkei 225 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to KITZ Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Industrial Manufacturing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Industrial Manufacturing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is KITZ Corp. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
KITZ Corp.
-100.0%
1.82
32.48%
Japan Nikkei 225
45.96%
1.66
27.70%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
5.63%
EBIT Growth (5y)
7.46%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
40.38
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.65
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.07
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.21
Tax Ratio
27.96%
Dividend Payout Ratio
34.68%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
10.38%
ROE (avg)
8.96%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.96
EV to EBIT
7.39
EV to EBITDA
5.06
EV to Capital Employed
0.96
EV to Sales
0.63
PEG Ratio
0.40
Dividend Yield
0.09%
ROCE (Latest)
13.05%
ROE (Latest)
11.32%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at JPY 4.93

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 104%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.4% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at JPY 45,866 MM

-21What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at JPY 13,634 MM

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 10.12%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 5,254.63

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 3.27 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.93 times

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at JPY 108 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at JPY 3,739 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at JPY 30.77

Here's what is working for KITZ Corp.

Dividend per share
Highest at JPY 4.93 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (JPY)

Net Sales
Highest at JPY 45,866 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (JPY MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 104%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0.4% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at JPY 2,086 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (JPY MM)

Here's what is not working for KITZ Corp.

Interest
At JPY 108 MM has Grown at 14.89%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 5,254.63
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at JPY 13,634 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (JPY MM)

Interest
Highest at JPY 108 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 14.89% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (JPY MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at JPY 3,739 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (JPY MM)

EPS
Lowest at JPY 30.77
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (JPY)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 3.27 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 4.93 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio